Faucet assembly with color indication system

ABSTRACT

A faucet assembly includes a body having a handle pivotably connected thereon, a hot water connection end and a cold water connection end are located at two ends of the body. An outlet pipe is located between the hot water connection end and the cold water connection end. A coating is coated on the body and composed of temperature-sensible or light-sensible material. The coating changes its color according to temperature of the water passing through the outlet pipe or type of light so that the users are acknowledged the status of the water coming from the faucet assembly.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a faucet assembly with a coating whichturns specific color according the temperature of water passing throughthe faucet assembly.

(2) Description of the Prior Art

A conventional faucet assembly generally includes a valve unit receivedtherein which controls volume of hot water and cold water passingthrough the valve unit. The user operates the handle of the faucetassembly to rotate the valve unit which allows the hot and cold water topass through the valve unit in desired proportion so as to obtain waterof different temperature. The conventional way to indicate the hot waterand cold water by marking a red mark and a blue mark on the faucetassembly so that when the user operates the handle toward the red markdirection, hot water passes through the valve unit at a larger amountthan the cold water. However, some users do not notice the red and bluemarkings and might wrongly operate the handle and get hurt by hot water.

The present invention intends to provide a faucet assembly which has acoating on the outer surface thereof and the coating changes its coloraccording to the temperature of the water passing through the faucetassembly. The users are acknowledged the temperature of the water by thelarge area of coloring on the faucet.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a faucet assembly which comprises abody having a handle pivotably connected thereon, a hot water connectionend and a cold water connection end are located at two ends of the body.An outlet pipe is located between the hot water connection end and thecold water connection end. A coating is coated on the body and composedof temperature-sensible or light-sensible material.

The present invention will become more obvious from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawingswhich show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment inaccordance with the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view to show the faucet assembly of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view to show that the faucet assembly of thepresent invention has a coating thereon;

FIG. 3 shows a part of the faucet assembly with the coating;

FIG. 4 shows a part of the faucet assembly with the coating which iscomposed of three basic color materials;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view to show that cold water goes out from theoutlet pipe and the coating displays a specific color, and

FIG. 6 is a perspective view to show that hot water goes out from theoutlet pipe and the coating displays another specific color.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the faucet assembly 10 of the presentinvention comprises a body having a handle 16 pivotably connectedthereon which is directly connected to a valve unit (not shown) receivedin the body. A hot water connection end 12 and a cold water connectionend 14 are located at two ends of the body, and an outlet pipe 18 islocated between the hot water connection end 12 and the cold waterconnection end 14. A filtering member 20 is connected to the outlet ofthe outlet pipe 18 to filter the water coming from the outlet pipe 18.

A coating 30 is coated on the body and composed of temperature-sensibleor light-sensible material. The area that the coating 30 is coated canbe decided according to practical needs, such as on the whole surface ofthe body or only on the outlet pipe 18.

The coating 30 may indicate a single color 31 or three base colormaterials 32, 33, 34 which are red, green and blue as shown in FIG. 4.If the three base color materials 32, 33, 34 are used in the coating 30,the coating 30 can display many colors. The coating 30 may also includea florescent material which allows the color to be clearly seen in darkarea. Therefore, when hot water coming from the outlet pipe 18, thecoating 30 turns into red (for example) and the user is acknowledgedclearly.

When the coating 30 is composed of light-sensible material, the coating30 changes its color by light such as infra-red or ultraviolet. Thefaucet assembly 10 automatically changes its color to enrich theelements of interior decoration.

While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with thepresent invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art thatfurther embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of thepresent invention.

1. A faucet assembly comprising: a body having a handle pivotablyconnected thereon, a hot water connection end and a cold waterconnection end located at two ends of the body, an outlet pipe locatedbetween the hot water connection end and the cold water connection end,and a coating coated on the body and composed of temperature-sensiblematerial.
 2. The faucet assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein acoating is coated at least on the outlet pipe.
 3. The faucet assembly asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the coating indicates a single color.
 4. Thefaucet assembly as claimed in claim 1, the coating is composed of threebase color materials which are red, green and blue.
 5. The faucetassembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coating includes aflorescent material.
 6. A faucet assembly comprising: a body having ahandle pivotably connected thereon, a hot water connection end and acold water connection end located at two ends of the body, an outletpipe located between the hot water connection end and the cold waterconnection end, and a coating coated on the body and composed oflight-sensible material.
 7. The faucet assembly as claimed in claim 6,wherein a coating is coated at least on the outlet pipe.
 8. The faucetassembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the coating indicates a singlecolor.
 9. The faucet assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the coatingis composed of three base color materials which are red, green and blue.10. The faucet assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the coatingincludes a florescent material.